John K. Van Pelt
John K. Van Pelt was born around 1841 in New Jersey to Henry Van Pelt. His father was a farmer who owned $4,000 of real estate and $500 of personal property by 1860. He enlisted in the Union army on September 1, 1862, and he mustered in as a private in Company K of the 30th New Jersey Infantry on September 17. The regiment took part in the Battle of Chancellorsville, and he mustered out on June 27, 1863.
He got married, and he had at least four children: Sadie, born around 1875; Harry, born around 1882; Jennette, born around 1884; and Albert, born around 1887. His wife probably died by the early 1890s, and he married Mary Thomas on April 26, 1893. They lived in Jersey City, New Jersey, and he worked as a wheelwright. He applied for a federal pension in December 1894 and eventually received one. He died of paralysis in Millstone, New Jersey, on February 8, 1914.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (2722) | Van Pelt, John K. | 1841 | 1914-02-08 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
- Rank in: Private
- Rank out: Private
- Rank highest: Private
- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 2
People - Records: 6
- (2722) Van Pelt, John K. is the [sibling-in-law of] (2720) Covert, Henry H.
- (2722) Van Pelt, John K. is the [sibling of] (2721) Van Pelt, Lucinda
- (2722) Van Pelt, John K. is the [aunt/uncle of] (2753) Covert, Minna F.
- (2722) Van Pelt, John K. is the [aunt/uncle of] (2767) Covert, Mary B.
- (2722) Van Pelt, John K. is the [aunt/uncle of] (2768) Covert, Katherine S.
- (2722) Van Pelt, John K. is the [aunt/uncle of] (2769) Covert, Llewellyn
Places - Records: 2
Regiments - Records: 1
- (923) [enlisted] [K] ~ 30th New Jersey Infantry
SOURCES
1900 United States Federal Census, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, available from Ancestry.com; New Jersey Marriage Records, 1670-1965, available from Ancestry.com; The Daily Home News (New Brunswick, NJ), 9 February 1914
